Seven for a Secret: A John, the Lord Chamberlain Mystery: John, the Lord Chamberlain (Paperback)
Autor Mary Reed, Eric Mayeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mar 2008
John the Lord Chamberlain spends his days counseling Emperor Justinian and passes the small hours of night in conversation with the solemn-eyed little girl depicted in a mosaic on his study wall. He never expected to meet her in a public square or afterwards to find her red-dyed corpse in a subterranean cistern. Had the mysterious woman truly been the model for the mosaic years before as she claimed? Why had she sought John out? Who wanted her dead? The answers seem to lie among the denizens of the smoky streets of Constantinople. Before long John suspects he is attempting to unravel not just a murder but a plot against the empire. Is there such a thing as truth in a place where people live on memories, dreams, and illusions? If so, can John push aside the shadows? The husband and wife team of Mary Reed and Eric Mayer has now published seven mysteries in their John the Lord Chamberlain mystery series. The couple lives and writes in Pennsylvania. http: //home.epix.net/~maywrite
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781590584903
ISBN-10: 1590584902
Pagini: 423
Dimensiuni: 151 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria John, the Lord Chamberlain (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1590584902
Pagini: 423
Dimensiuni: 151 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: Poisoned Pen Press
Seria John, the Lord Chamberlain (Paperback)
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*STARRED REVIEW*
Sixth-century Constantinople-the capital of the Byzantine empire and the forerunner to modern Istanbul-is a mysterious and perilous city as the eunuch John, the Lord Chamberlain of the Emperor Justinian, well knows. In his seventh adventure (after Six for Gold), John finds the brutally murdered corpse of a young woman who had identified herself to him as a model for a mosaic he keeps in his study and who was about to give him some vital information. Discovering what that secret was takes John, walking a fine line between maintaining his loyalty to his emperor and searching for the truth, on a twisting route to a very dangerous ending. The authors get everything right in their latest historical. The story is fast paced, the tensions between characters well portrayed; the ending leaves the reader clamoring for more. -- Library Journal (2/2/2008)
Sixth-century Constantinople-the capital of the Byzantine empire and the forerunner to modern Istanbul-is a mysterious and perilous city as the eunuch John, the Lord Chamberlain of the Emperor Justinian, well knows. In his seventh adventure (after Six for Gold), John finds the brutally murdered corpse of a young woman who had identified herself to him as a model for a mosaic he keeps in his study and who was about to give him some vital information. Discovering what that secret was takes John, walking a fine line between maintaining his loyalty to his emperor and searching for the truth, on a twisting route to a very dangerous ending. The authors get everything right in their latest historical. The story is fast paced, the tensions between characters well portrayed; the ending leaves the reader clamoring for more. -- Library Journal (2/2/2008)
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John the Lord Chamberlain spends his days counseling Emperor Justinian and passes the small hours of night in conversation with the solemn-eyed little girl depicted in a mosaic on his study wall. He never expects to meet her in a public square or afterwards to find her red-dyed corpse in a subterranean cistern.
Notă biografică
The husband and wife team of Mary Reed and Eric Mayer published several short stories about John, Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, in mystery anthologies and in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine prior to 1999's highly acclaimed first full length novel, One for Sorrow. Entries in the series have been honored by a Best Mystery Glyph Award, an honorable mention in the Glyph Best Book category, and was a finalist for the IPPY Best Mystery Award (Two For Joy), nominations for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award (Four For A Boy and Five For Silver), and a Glyph Award for Best Book Series (Five For Silver). The American Library Association's Booklist Magazine named the Lord Chamberlain novels one of its four Best Little Known Series. Mary Reed & Eric Mayer also write under Eric Reed.